Enrollment
369
Combined
STATE 544
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AVOCA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360363000117
AVOCA CENTRAL SCHOOL
17 OLIVER ST #29, AVOCA, NY 14809 · (607) 566-2221 · Steuben County
GRADES PK–12COMBINED42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL369 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 36% of New York public K-12 schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New York public K-12 schools
Student : Teacher
7.6:1
49 FTE teachers
STATE 8.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
215 students
STATE 58%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 25 | 7% |
| Grade 1 | 27 | 7% |
| Grade 2 | 33 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 24 | 7% |
| Grade 4 | 33 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 38 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 27 | 7% |
| Grade 7 | 33 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 17 | 5% |
| Grade 9 | 41 | 11% |
| Grade 10 | 26 | 7% |
| Grade 11 | 17 | 5% |
| Grade 12 | 28 | 8% |
This year's kindergarten class (25) is 47% larger than its 8th grade class (17).
Student demographics
12%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
STATE 72% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
41.2%
NY avg 58.3% . -0.7pp since 2023
Math
46.1%
NY avg 57.4% . -5.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.2% | 46.1% |
| 2023-24 | 41.9% | 51.5% |
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
47.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New York's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like AVOCA CENTRAL SCHOOL
AVOCA CENTRAL SCHOOL's state test result (47.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| AVOCA CENTRAL SCHOOL this school | 369 | 58.3% | 47.3% |
| FORT EDWARD SCHOOL FORT EDWARD | 366 | 60.4% | 44.9% |
| MORRISTOWN CENTRAL SCHOOL MORRISTOWN | 307 | 56.7% | 55.9% |
| FRIENDSHIP CENTRAL SCHOOL FRIENDSHIP | 259 | 58.7% | 54.6% |
| PRATTSBURGH CENTRAL SCHOOL PRATTSBURGH | 351 | 52.4% | 44.6% |
| BELFAST SCHOOL BELFAST | 318 | 51.9% | 62.4% |
Matched among New York K-12 schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where AVOCA CENTRAL SCHOOL ranks
Among K-12 schools| Measure | This school | In New York |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.3% | #65 of 101 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.1% | #73 of 101 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.2% | #87 of 101 ▼ 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 369 | #89 of 192 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 7.6:1 | #74 of 146 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 12.4% | #124 of 152 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.3% | #60 of 136 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.8% | #45 of 95 |
Ranked against other public K-12 schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
369
+6 (+2%) vs 2020
-46% since 1990-91, when it was 683
Student : Teacher
7.6:1
was 7.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 369 | 48.8 | 7.6:1 | 58% (215) |
| 2023-24 | 382 | 44.9 | 8.5:1 | 57% (218) |
| 2022-23 | 378 | 46 | 8.2:1 | 59% (222) |
| 2020-21 | 363 | 46 | 7.9:1 | 56% (205) |
| 2017-18 | 428 | 47.4 | 9.0:1 | 56% (239) |
| 2015-16 | 444 | 45 | 9.9:1 | 54% (239) |
| 2010-11 | 510 | 49 | 10.4:1 | 42% (212) |
| 2000-01 | 700 | 59 | 11.9:1 | 43% (299) |
| 1990-91 | 683 | 52 | 13.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for AVOCA CENTRAL SCHOOL.
About AVOCA CENTRAL SCHOOL
AVOCA CENTRAL SCHOOL, located in AVOCA, New York, is a small school serving multiple grade levels. The school enrolls 369 students in pre-K through 12. That compares with an average of about 544 students for combined schools in New York.
For district matters, AVOCA CENTRAL SCHOOL falls under AVOCA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
The share of students at AVOCA CENTRAL SCHOOL who are White is 94%. The remaining students are 4% multiracial. Steuben County residents are about 92% White, a similar share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, AVOCA CENTRAL SCHOOL scores 12%.
There are 48.8 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 7.6:1. Across combined schools in New York, the average ratio is 8.7:1. Of all students at AVOCA CENTRAL SCHOOL, 58% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
AVOCA CENTRAL SCHOOL holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 36% of New York public K-12 schools.
Schools in New York with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 53.6%. AVOCA CENTRAL SCHOOL scores 47.3%.
For the population of Steuben County, the median household earns about $65,887 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 26% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. AVOCA CENTRAL SCHOOL shares Steuben County with 33 other public schools.
VERNON E WIGHTMAN PRIMARY SCHOOL is the nearest public school to AVOCA CENTRAL SCHOOL, about 6.7 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, 6 other public schools are within ten miles. On proficiency, AVOCA CENTRAL SCHOOL is behind the 54.3% nearby average, ranking 4th of 7.
Its location is classified as Rural: Distant by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 363 in 2020-21 and 369 in 2024-25.
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Steuben County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
92,588
Census ACS
Median income
$65,887
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
34
13,701 students
Quick facts
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- VERNON E WIGHTMAN PRIMARY SCHOOL6.7 mi · 486
- DANA L LYON MIDDLE SCHOOL6.9 mi · 509
- HAVERLING SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL6.9 mi · 400
- COHOCTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL7.3 mi · 71
- GLENN H CURTISS MEMORIAL SCHOOL10.0 mi · 199
- HAMMONDSPORT JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL10.0 mi · 193
Frequently asked questions
About AVOCA CENTRAL SCHOOLHow many students attend AVOCA CENTRAL SCHOOL?
AVOCA CENTRAL SCHOOL enrolls approximately 369 students in grades PK-12.
Is AVOCA CENTRAL SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
AVOCA CENTRAL SCHOOL is a combined-grade school covering grades PK-12.
How many students per teacher at AVOCA CENTRAL SCHOOL?
Approximately 7.6:1 students per teacher at AVOCA CENTRAL SCHOOL.
How diverse is AVOCA CENTRAL SCHOOL?
AVOCA CENTRAL SCHOOL reports a student body of 94% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Black, 4% Two or more.
What district is AVOCA CENTRAL SCHOOL in?
AVOCA CENTRAL SCHOOL is part of AVOCA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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